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apparats

apparats is the plural of apparat.

Meaning of apparat

Noun (1)

apparat (plural apparats)

  1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
    • The second thing to absorb was that, behind all the spontaneity and eroticism and generalized “festival of the oppressed” merrymaking, a grim-faced Communist apparat was making preparations for an end to the revels and a serious seizure of the state.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 184

Noun (2)

apparat (plural apparats)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) An apparatus; an instrument; a device.
    • I'd like to buy one of the following apparats: - CANON EOS 500 - NIKON F50 - OLIMPUS om 88 […] I'm going to attend a conference in 4-9 October and want to buy an apparat (I've heard they are much cheaper in USA). Also if you are aware of the prices of these apparats in US, help me, and let me know.1997 September 23, VAhe, “Looking for an apparat to buy!”, in rec.photo.equipment (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Aug 2026

Questions about apparats

What is apparats the plural of?
Apparats is the plural of apparat.

Words near apparats in the dictionary

  1. apparating
  2. apparation
  3. apparations
  4. apparator
  5. apparators
  6. apparats
  7. apparatus
  8. apparatus critici
  9. apparatus criticus
  10. apparatus program
  11. apparatuses

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